Ispace makes historic attempt at commercial moon landing.
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Japanese start-up Ispace is attempting to become the first private company to land a spacecraft on the moon intact. The M1 lander, carrying a variety of scientific and commercial payloads, is set to land on the moon's Atlas Crater on Tuesday around 12:40 p.m. Eastern time. Ispace is one of several companies building small robotic landers to carry payloads to the moon, spurred in part by NASA's Artemis program. The company has attracted sizable investment and plans to launch a series of commercial moon landers in the coming years.
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